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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 744.1 | Uh-huh, and butterfly was originally flutterby | SSGBPM::SSGBPM::KENAH | The stars of Sagittarius | Wed Dec 06 1989 16:06 | 3 |
| One of the best examples of folk etymology I've seen in a while.
andrew
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| 744.2 | | PASTIS::MONAHAN | humanity is a trojan horse | Wed Dec 06 1989 17:47 | 4 |
| My 10 year old daughter who is bilingual French/English assures me
that the French for "hot dog" is "'ot dog". She got an attack of
giggles at the idea of "chien chaud".
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| 744.3 | Sorry, I had to do it ;-) | NHASAD::KRINER | tanstaafl | Thu Dec 14 1989 19:56 | 10 |
| Well, I certainly can't claim originality for this, but the base note has
inspired me to construct the following limerick. (Why don't we all
recite it to our friends, and count the number of groans?)
A young mademoiselle from Auges
Made sausage from one of her hogs.
And then, just for fun,
She added a bun,
And called her cuisine "Haute d'Auges".
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| 744.4 | A rathole but....... | MACNAS::JDOOLEY | The Pigeon on the Gate | Mon Sep 02 1991 19:18 | 5 |
| Thi is a bit late but here goes:-
In case anyone is wondering what "tanstaafl" means in the previous
reply it means "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch",taken from
a phrase from Robert A Heinleins book "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".
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| 744.5 | There is only *one* rathole. | SMURF::SMURF::BINDER | Sine titulo | Mon Sep 02 1991 22:10 | 7 |
| Heinlein did not invent "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
He used the phrase freely in Harsh Mistress and others of his books,
and may have invented the acronym, but the phrase goes back to at least
the 19th century, in reference to the free lunch offered by many high-
class bars and taverns.
-d
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| 744.6 | Is it Dutch? | SHALOT::ANDERSON | | Wed Sep 04 1991 22:37 | 0
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